# Celalettin Yurdakul

> Camera engineer  | Optics | Electrical engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/celalettin

Engineer and scientist with a solid background in optical engineering (free-space optics, wave optics, imaging systems, and prototyping) as well as electrical engineering (signals & systems, image processing, and circuits) with strong software and analytical skills. 

+7 years of research and development experience in optical imaging and sensing systems, microscopy, CMOS cameras, interferometry, coherent detection, diffractive optics, computational microscopy (inverse&forward modeling), spectroscopy, and bio/nano-imaging.

## Work Experience
### Camera Module Design Lead @ Apple
Jan 2022 – Present | Cupertino, California, United States

### Senior Imaging Scientist @ OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Santa Clara, California, United States
• Research and development on next‑generation CMOS image sensors.
• Developed end-to-end optical simulation methodology for imaging systems that accounts for both nanoscale and microscale optical effects using FDTD and ray tracing software.
• Performed modeling, simulations, and analysis of imaging systems.
• Prototyped optical systems for electro‑optical sensor characterization and evaluation and image quality measurements.

### Research Assistant @ Boston University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | Greater Boston Area
• Designed, instrumented, and characterized (PSF, noise) interferometric optical systems for bio/nano‑imaging and detection.
• Developed mid‑infrared photothermal microscopy (spectroscopic) at nano‑scale resolution and sensitivity and formulated signal theory.
• Developed optical (pupil engineering) and computational imaging techniques (PSF engineering) to improve sensitivity and resolution.
• Formulated physical optics based forward model for the interferometric scattering signal and implemented image reconstruction algorithms.
• Implemented hardware automation and control software on Python for high‑speed and synchronized image acquisition.
• Worked in cross‑cultural groups and closely collaborated with cross‑functional scientists.
• Closely worked with a series B startup (Nanoview Biosciences) since its early stage and vitally contributed to get $ 750K NSF SBIR phase II grant.

### Research Intern @ Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Designed and prototyped a novel CMOS camera based line-field spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging system.
• Developed signal processing algorithms to reconstruct depth information from interferogram images and to calibrate the line field spectrum.
• Performed sequential and non-sequential simulations of the experimental design on Zemax.
• Issued U.S. Patent 11262184B1: "Optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for producing profilometry measurements of a specimen" March 1, 2022

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Koç University-Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Istanbul, Turkey
• Conducted research on  Dub-Touch Project which aims to create an interactive multiplayer human-touch experience in gaming with a team.
• Developed a capacitive touch sensing wristband (Sensation) based on Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing technology that detects human-to-human touch patterns to be used for human-computer interaction in gaming. 
• Published and presented a conference paper in ACM Computer Human Interaction (ACM CHI 2016) Conference in San Jose, California.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Optical Microsystems Laboratory , Koç University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Optical Microsystems Laboratory | Koç University
• Worked on a fiber optical sensor development to decode quantum dot labeled liquids. 
• Modeled and simulated a quantum dots-based spectroscopic liquid tagging sensor on Zemax non-sequential mode.
• Designed and implemented a closed-loop (PID) thermal bonding system for fluidic cartridge assembly to be used in fiber-cantilever based coagulation sensor,

### Research Intern @ Fraunhofer IPMS
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Dresden Area, Germany
• Researched near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and its applications on food analysis.
• Developed an optical spectroscopy system to measure diffusive reflection spectrum of milk in near-infrared regime
• Developed chemometrics and PCA based data analysis tool on MATLAB for milk adulteration detection

### Research and Development Intern @ OPET
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | İstanbul, Türkiye
• Worked on the design and implementation of quantum dots-based spectroscopic liquid tagging sensor and its modeling on Zemax non-sequential mode. 
• Experimentally validated the Zemax model of the detection system.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Boston University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pyhsics(Double Major)
Koç University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/celalettinyurdakul
- Portfolio: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q_PXP18AAAAJ&hl=en

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Last updated: 2026-03-30